Gluta oba

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Gluta oba

Description

Tree up to 30 m high, 60 cm ø. Bark bright grey or brownish, scaly. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic, broadly elliptic, or obovate, 5-14 by 2½-8 cm; Petals white, valvate, linear or spathulate, 6-7 by ¾ mm, puberulous outside. Stamens 10, 3-5 mm; Panicles up to 20 cm long, glabrous; Ovary subglobose, ¾-l mm ø, glabrous;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Sabah present, Sarawak present), Bako Nat. Park present, Lahad Datu present, Leila present, Matang present, Sadong present, Santubong present, Semengoh Arboretum present, Sepilok present
Malesia: Borneo (Sabah: Lahad Datu, Leila, Sepilok; Sarawak: Matang, Santubong, Semengoh Arboretum, Bako Nat. Park, Sadong).

Citation

Merr. 1921: En. Born.: 350
SMYTHIES 1965: Common Sarawak Trees: 9